Profile For Allen leo M.

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You won't be able to get a waiver for the medication if it's deemed to be one that may make you unfit in any way to drive safely. But you should be able to speak with your doctor about an alternative that would be approved for commercial driving. Most conditions can be treated with a variety of medications and hopefully your doctor can switch you to one that will allow you to drive. That's your best bet.

The medication is an anticonvulsant that is being used to treat nerve damage to my shoulder from an on the job injury. I also did some research last night and according to the DOT it is one that I just need a letter from the prescribing dr stating that 1 I don't have a seizure disorder and 2 that it is being used to calm the damaged nerves.

I'm a former otr driver and am looking to get back into it but don't have my cdl any longer due to having broken my shoulder in '09 and have nerve damage that causes random pain to flair up in my shoulder and down my arm, the question I have is I know the medicine I need to take to keep it from happening is listed as primarily as an anticonvulsant and the DOT wouldn't allow me to take it while working as a driver is there any way to get a waiver to be able to get back to driver which is the only career I have ever loved?